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Nepal asks India and China for bailey bridges as it turns down general rescue help
Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal says two dozen bridges were destroyed and plains hospitals are overwhelmed. Sri Lanka is among eight that offered teams.
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Barrier lake on the Nepal-Tibet border shrinks, easing fears of a second flood
Satellite imagery shows the lake down to 99,000 square metres, a fifth smaller than Thursday. A second, larger pool below the glacier is unmeasured.
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Nepal puts flood rebuild at $4-5 billion, close to a tenth of its economy
Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle told Reuters the reconstruction bill will be far below the $9 billion spent after the 2015 earthquake, with hydropower badly hit.
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Nepal flood toll reaches 626 as the missing list passes 2,400
Nepal police put the dead at 626 on Saturday. The missing figure nearly doubled after the disaster authority added 933 hydropower workers to the list.
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Norway's King Harald V dies at 89 and his son becomes King Haakon VIII
Europe's oldest monarch died early on Friday in Oslo after treatment for a rare blood disorder. His son Haakon, 53, succeeds him after 35 years on the throne.
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Barrier lake on the Nepal-Tibet border breaches after halting rescue work
Nepal's debris-dammed lake breached Friday; search operations near Gyirong were suspended.
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Nepal reverses course and admits foreign rescue teams after diplomatic pressure
Nepal clears India, China, Australia, South Korea to send tunnel-rescue and DNA experts.
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Ugandan King Oyo Nyimba, once the world's youngest monarch, dies at 34
The Omukama of Tooro, crowned at the age of three in 1995, died on Thursday night, his kingdom's prime minister announced. No cause was disclosed.
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Nepal flood toll reaches 547 as a new barrier lake threatens a second disaster
Nepal Police put the confirmed toll at 547 by Friday evening with 977 still missing, as a debris-dammed lake on the Bhotekoshi breached upstream.
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Sri Lanka commits USD 1 million to Nepal flood relief
Dissanayake directs a USD 1 million contribution to Nepal after offering rescue and clearance support, as the Embassy issues a safety advisory.
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UEFA moves toward criminal case against Infantino over scrapped World Cup sell-off
UEFA accuses FIFA president Infantino of 'criminal mismanagement' and seeks US court documents for proceedings in Switzerland.
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Dolly Parton, queen of country music, dies at 80
The singer, songwriter and philanthropist died in Nashville after a brief battle with cancer, her family said, ending a career that spanned six decades.
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Jerome Fernando's church announces UK charity registration; register dates it to last October
The Glorious Church says it is the first Sri Lankan-founded church on the UK charity register. The Commission dates that registration to October 2025.
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Fire in Islamabad hospital maternity ward kills 14 newborns
A blaze traced to an exploding air-conditioning compressor swept the neonatal ICU at Pakistan's largest state hospital. One baby of 15 survived.
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No Sri Lankan casualties reported in Nepal flash floods, Foreign Ministry says
Colombo says up to 100 Sri Lankans are in Nepal and none are known to be affected, as FM Vijitha Herath offers solidarity over the Rasuwa disaster.
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US pauses visa appointments worldwide for consular officer training
The State Department says appointments will be adjusted while consular staff are trained to screen applicants likely to depend on US public benefits.
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New Zealand and Sri Lanka open talks on vocational education partnerships
Education New Zealand hosted an Applied Learning and Industry Connect event in Colombo, opening the first phase of a TVET partnership strategy.
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US names Iran sanctions campaign 'Operation Economic Outcast', says China not exempt
Treasury Secretary Bessent details 'Operation Economic Outcast' sanctions campaign; says China and others are not exempt from US measures.
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UN and Red Cross warn world is nearing 'moral red line' on autonomous weapons
Guterres and the ICRC's Spoljaric say risks have intensified since their 2023 call for limits, with a deadline for new rules on killer robots now expiring.
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Southern Taiwan shuts offices and schools as torrential rain floods Kaohsiung
Six cities and counties closed offices and schools on Monday, with Kaohsiung expecting more than 1.3 metres of rain over five days and a typhoon due Friday.
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US moves to make $103,265 H-1B visa fee permanent
The Trump administration has proposed a rule codifying a six-figure fee on new H-1B skilled worker visas, a charge courts blocked as illegal in June.
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US Ambassador-designate Eric Meyer arrives in Colombo
Eric Meyer arrived in Colombo on August 22 to take up his post as the 29th US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, the US Embassy said.
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US vows 'economic D-Day' as Iran threatens to halt all Gulf oil exports
Washington rolls out sanctions on Iran's trade partners on Monday. Tehran says not a drop of oil will leave the Gulf if the economic war continues.
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Xi likely to attend New Delhi BRICS summit in first India visit in seven years
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected at the September 12-13 BRICS summit in New Delhi with about 400 officials, three sources say.